Sewing-machine table



(No Model.)

R. S. LOOKER.

SEWING MACHINE TABLEI No. 364,358. Patented June 7, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ROBERT SMITH LOOKER, OF SPRINGFIELD, OIIIO.

SEWINGQMACHINE TABLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,358, dated June 7, 1887.

Application filed December 7, 1R83. Renewed April Q3. 1837. Serial No. 235,9l0. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that l, Renner SMITH Loenen, of Springfield, Clark county, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sewing-Machine Tables, of which the following is a specification.

The aim of this invention is to provide for a convenientchange or adjustment in the form ofthe tabletop on which the machine is seated, to permit the convenient manipulation of the goods or fabrics in their different forms in which they are presented to the machine.

At the present day sewing-machines are common] y constructed with a fiat bed or clothplate seat-ed in or upon a flat table-top which stands flush or practically flush with the bed This arrangement is desirable and convenient for most purposes to which the machine is applied. It occasionally happens, however, that in operating upon skirts, quilts, and other large objects there is difficulty in manipulating the same when the table is To avoid this difficulty, I provide for the convenient removal of that portion of the tabletop which lies adjacent to the needle end of the bedplate, so as to leave the bed-plate in an overhanging position, that the fabric may pass freely beneath and around the same.

I am aware that sewing-machines have been constructed having the bed-plate on a pedestal above the table-top, and provided with a removable leaf or arm supported at one side, and also that removable extensions have been variously applied to the outer edges of ordinary sewing-machine tables, and to such construction I lay no claim. I believe myself, however, to be the first to divide a table having a continuous fiat surface practically flush with the bed-plate in such manner that one end can be removed at will to leave the bed in an overhanging position.

In the accompanying drawings I have represented my invention in that form of embodiment which is found best adapted for general use. i

Figure lis aperspective view of m y table with the machine removed therefrom, the movable section being turned backward ont of action, and the lower stationary section being also re .moved to show the form of the frame Fig.

2 is a top plan view of the table with the parts in their normal operative positions. Fig. 3is

a side elevation of the table with the machine in position thereon, the removable section being turned backward out'of action. Fig. 4 is a view ofthe hinge by which the movable section is maintained in position.

A A' represent the two standards or legs supported on opposite ends of the tabletop. 6o They are connected by a base-rod, G, and by top plates, B B. The standard A is of less height than the standard A', and the plates B B' are bent or offset midway of theirlength, so that their opposite ends, attached to the re- 6 5 spective legs, stand in different horizontal planes.

D D' represent the flat top of the table made of ordinary fornnwith a well or opening, E, at

the center to receive the bed of the machine. 7d.'

Instead of being constructed in one piece, as usual, its top is provided transversely through the well-opening, as plainly shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The portion D is secured rigidly to the upper higher part of the boards D', while 7 5 the portion D is connected to the frame at the rear side by a hinge,` G, so that it may be swung backward horizontally away from the l end of the machine when required.

The machine proper is seated in and sns- 8o vtained wholly by the stationary portion D of the top. rIhe needle end of the machine projects, however, beyond the part D into or over the movable portion D', so'that the latter is turned backward, as shown in Figs. l and 3. I The bed of the machine projects in an overhanging position, as plainly shown in Fig. 3, so that the fabric may pass freely thereover and also thereunder. v

For the purpose of assisting to support the 9o fabric below the machine, astationary top section, D2, is secured to the lower portion of the plates B B', as shown in Fig. 3. Vhen the section D' is in operative position, it overlies the section DE, which is at such time inoperative; or, in other'words, the section D is out of action. To assist the hinge G in sustaining the movable section D', I provide it with aleg or support, F. While it is preferred in most cases to make use of the hinge G, it will be 10c manifest to the skilled mechanic that any equivalent means of attachment may be em ployed, and that the part D maybe made detachable, in eases where it is undesirable to have it project atthe rear. The part D2 is not an essential feature ofthe invention.

Having thus described my invention whatl claim is-- 1. In combination with aseWing-machine having its bed or cloth plate thereon, a supporting-table having' a flat top divided transversely at an intermediate point in the length of the bed-plate with one end removable, substantially as described, whereby the end of the bed-plate may be exposed in an overhanging position or encircled by a flat top substantially level therewith, as circumstances may demand.

2. The sewing-machine table having its top provided with a Well to receive the machine, and with the removable portion containing a portion of said Well, the sewing-machine seated in and sustained by the stationary portion of the top,whereby it is maintained with one end in an overhanging position When the removable portion of the top is withdrawn.

3. In a sewing-machine table, the combination of legs or standards, a dat transverselyA divided top adapted to encircle and support the bed-plate of the machine, and having one end removable at will, and a depressed or seoondary top section, D2, located beneath the removable section, as described, whereby the bed-plate may be completely encircled by a flat top substantially Hush therewith, or eX posed with one end overhanging the secondary table.

4. `In combination with the standards A A', of different heights, and the angular arms B B', the divided top having the removable portion hinged in position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 27th day of November, A. D. 1883.

ROBERT SMITH LOOKER.

Vitncsses:

WM. H. Ronin, Jim/ms K. MCGATHRAN. 

